May 1, 2014 in Idaho
Challenger C.T. “Chris” Troupis came out swinging against Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden Thursday night as the two met in a televised debate, accusing the third-term official of being “weak” …
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May 1, 2014 in Region
SPOKANE — Washington State University is one of 55 colleges that the Education Department has identified as currently facing a Title IX investigation over the handling of sexual abuse complaints.
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May 1, 2014 in City
Sally B. Guthrie, owner of several Spokane restaurants and named in a federal indictment filed last year exposing an alleged OxyContin ring between California and Washington state, will plead guilty …
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May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A1
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Multiple CSX train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Wednesday along the James River, with three black tankers ending up in the water and leaking …
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May 1, 2014 in City on Page A1
The man police shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in front of news reporters and witnesses was Jeremy Arnold, a 37-year-old with a troubled background who investigators suspected had stabbed and …
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May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A1
DENVER – Colorado’s marijuana experiment is threatened by the popularity of eating it instead of smoking it, leading the pot industry to join health officials and state regulators to try …
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May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A2
WASHINGTON – The nation’s head of veteran health services told lawmakers Wednesday that a preliminary review found no evidence to support recent allegations of corruption and unnecessary deaths at the …

May 1, 2014 in Region on Page A2
SEATTLE – Mount St. Helens is showing signs of long-term uplift and minor earthquake activity, but there are no signs that the volcano in southwest Washington is likely to erupt …
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May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A3
OKLAHOMA CITY – After a grisly history of electrocutions, gassings, hangings and firing squads, it is the cold, quiet science of lethal injections that has become America’s most common and …
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May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A3
WASHINGTON – The White House on Wednesday denied that a staff member’s email three days after the deadly attack on the U.S. mission at Benghazi, Libya, was actually about the …
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May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A3
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic drive Wednesday to raise the federal minimum wage, blocking a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s economic plans and ensuring the issue will be …
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May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A3
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. – People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet of rain fell on the Florida …

May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A4
A handwritten note police discovered in Kurt Cobain’s wallet after his suicide disparages Courtney Love, the late Nirvana front man’s wife. CBS News reported that the note was taken from …

May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A4
BAGHDAD – Iraq voted Wednesday in its first nationwide election since U.S. troops withdrew in 2011, with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki confident of victory and even offering an olive branch …

May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A4
DUBLIN – Sinn Fein chief Gerry Adams, the warlord-turned-peacemaker of the Northern Ireland conflict, was being interrogated today over the grisly slaying of a Belfast widow that has haunted his …

May 1, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A4
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund board approved a two-year, $17 billion loan package Wednesday for cash-strapped Ukraine as it seeks to regain stability following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The …
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